Combined support for lights and baggage carriers



Oct. 15, 1929. E wm 1,731,407

COMBINE D SUPPORT FOR LIGHTS AND BAGGAGE CARRIERS Filed Apr i1 22, 1927 mvENTOii &

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Mo'roa COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A

0 ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO INTERNATIONAL- CORPORATION OF DELAWARE COMBINED SUPPORT FOR LIGHTS AND BAGGAGE CARRIERS Application filed A'pril'22,

. This inventionpertainsto baggage carriers and contemplates the provision of a baggage carrier for the interior of motor vehicle buses, railway carriages, and similar vehi'cles. The baggage carrier according to the present invention consists of a rack made up of a series of rods supported upon brackets hung from the roof and side walls of the vehicle. It is an object ofv this invention to form the sockets so that theinterior of the vehicle to which the rack is applied may be lighted in this way, thus doing away with the expense and necessity of providing separate lighting fixtures. The particular type of bracket used -may vary but a type which is thought to be novel and to present many advantages is shown in the drawings illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention and in which:

Figure 1 is a bcttom plan viewof a rack according to the invention Figure'2 is a'vertical' sectional View showing the rack in place in a vehicle body.

Figure 3 is a front elevationof the rack; and

Figure 4 is top plan detailed view taken in a plane indicated by the line 44 in Figure 2 and looking in the direction of the arrows. The rods a, which form the support for the carrying of baggage, pass I formed 1n the horizontal arm 12 of the bracket. The horizontal .arm' 6 of the brackets supporting the rods with light through holes 6 1927. Serial in. 185,789.

The carrier, comprising the .rods and brackets as described, may run the entire length of the in-terior of the vehicle and may be disposed as shown in Figure 2, slightly tion is intended except as indicated in the following claim.

What I claim is In combination with the wall of a passenger vehicle having windows, a bracket having a vertical arm fastened to the wall out of the Window area and an approximately horizontal arm adapted to support'an overhead baggage rack, an electric lamp socket, and means formed integrally on the under side of the horizontal arm to receive and mount the socket and lamp with downwardly projecting rays. i.

This specification signed this 18th day of April A..D.-1927. v a, .yraennawm.

' bracket has formed integrally therewith a cylindrical receptacle 6* for an electric'lamp or the like, the bottom of the receptacle being", formed to receive a. glass 6 iklsojjormedimv horizontal arm 5 is'the arm tegrally with the b by means of which'the bracket is -fastei1ed to the side wall a of a vehicle. The other end Y of thehorizontal arm I)? is formed with an upwardly extending arm b" by means of which the bracket is aflixed to theroof'c of the vehicle, as-at '0 A series of bracketsb vehicle as to afford adequate support for the length of the rods a. Braces d may be dis- ,pos'ed between the brackets 6 through which braces the rods-a also pass in order" to rein 5 force the structure.

are so afiixed tothe roof and side walls of the 

